Guide to the Records of the International Council for Traditional Music, 1948-2009

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 10017; MS Acc11.158
Creator:
International Council for Traditional Music
Extent:
15.6 metres and (104 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records ofInternational Council for Traditional Music, National Library of Australia, [class, series and/or folder number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Part available for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection includes: office files; Executive Board, Unesco and International Council of Music papers, committees and liaison office supporting papers; legal papers relating to governance and administration; financial records; correspondence and other papers relating to the colloquia and conferences held in various countries over the life of the Council. The office files comprise the major part of the collection and include administration and financial records, and files relating to publications of the Council. Publications, sound recordings and conference proceedings do not form part of this collection as at 2007.

Depending on the correspondents, some material is in languages other than English, French, German, Hungarian, etc.

Series 4 of the collection contains original correspondence from Ralph Vaughan Williams (Founding President, 1949-1958) and Zoltan Kodaly (President 1969-1970). Also in this series is original correspondence from T. G. H. Strehlow.MS Ac11.158 comprises UNESCO records, correspondence and documents, including the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)/Masterpieces Program records, Executive Board, General Assembly and publishing records. Also included are secretariat papers, financial records, general correspondence and assorted photographs relating to International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) conferences, colloquia, study groups and national and regional committees.

Provenance:

In 2005, the Secretariat moved to the School of Music at the Australian National University. The move of the Council's records was co-ordinated by the immediate past Secretary General Professor Anthony Seeger (Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California Los Angeles UCLA) and the incoming Secretary General, Dr Stephen Wild (School of Music Australian National University ANU). The International Council for Traditional Music donated its records to the National Library in 2006.

Arrangement:

The records contained in Class 1 (MS 10017) were received in a single consignment but show signs of disorder; previous re-arrangements, and culling. The large series of 1960's files indicates that the records were split in the 1970's from current sequences and were probably kept separately. This arrangement has been retained during collection processing by the National Library in 2007. Labelling of file contents can be misleading as previously labelled file covers were re-used and file label adhesives are deteriorating.

The collection has not been arranged other than a general series arrangement in accordance with the packing list.

Significant documents may be located across the collection as records have not been arranged to ensure comprehensive coverage of material within series. For example, early minutes of meetings of the Executive Board, were not held with other Board minutes (Series 1) and will be found with Executive Board memberships files (Series 7 Box 20).

Container List:
Series Subseries Folders/Pieces Box
1 1.1 1-5 1
1 1.2 6 1
1 1.3 7-8 1
1 1.3 9-10 2
1 1.4 11 2
1 1.5 12-15 2
1 1.5 16-18 3
1 1.6 19-22 3
1 1.6 23-28 4
1 1.6 29-35 5
1 1.7 36-37 6
1 1.8 38-41 6
1 1.9 42-47 7
1 1.1 48 7
1 1.1 49-52 8
2 2.1 1-4 8
2 2.1 5-7 9
2 2.2 8-12 9
2 2.2 13-18 10
2 2.2 19-22 11
2 2.3 23-25 11
2 2.3 26-31 12
2 2.3 32-39 13
2 2.4 40 13
2 2.4 41-47 14
2 2.4 48-54 15
2 2.5 55 15
2 2.5 56-64 16
3 1-8 17
3 9-14 18
4 1-5 19
4 6-11 20
4 12-19 21
4 20-27 22
4 28-34 23
4 35-40 24
4 41-48 25
4 49-54 26
4 55-60 27
4 61-68 28
4 69-75 29
4 76-82 30
4 83-90 31
4 91-97 32
4 98-104 33
4 105-110 34
4 111-116 35
4 117-123 36
4 124-129 37
4 130-134 38
4 135-140 39
4 141-147 40
4 148-154 41
4 155-162 42
4 163-167 43
4 168-173 44
4 174-180 45
4 181-186 46
4 187-193 47
4 194-201 48
4 202-208 49
4 209-215 50
5 1-4 51
5 5-9 52
5 10-13 53
5 14-18 54
5 19-24 55
5 25 56
6 14 boxes 57-70
7 20 boxes 71-90
8 8 boxes 91-98

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3661782) for the access conditions.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records ofInternational Council for Traditional Music, National Library of Australia, [class, series and/or folder number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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